The Reformed Olive Press

Galatians 5:22-25 22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, 23 gentleness, self-control; against such things there is no law. 24 And those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires. 25 If we live by the Spirit, let us also keep in step with the Spirit. ·          Isaiah 11:1-5 1 There shall come forth a shoot from the stump of Jesse, and a branch from his roots shall bear fruit. 2 And the Spirit of the Lord shall rest upon him, the Spirit of wisdom and understanding , the Spirit of counsel and might, the Spirit of knowledge and the fear of the Lord . 3 And his delight shall be in the fear of the Lord. He shall not judge by what his eyes see, or decide disputes by what his ears hear, 4 but with righteousness he shall judge the poor, and decide with equity for the meek of the earth ; and he shall strike the earth with the rod of his mouth, and with the breath of his lips he shall k

The Latter Days According to scripture, the latter times are the known as the end of the age or the Church age /Messianic Age. It is the time between Christ’s first and second coming. For support, look below. ·          Acts 2:17-21 17 “‘And in the last days it shall be , God declares, that I will pour out my Spirit on all flesh, and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, and your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams; 18 even on my male servants and female servants in those days I will pour out my Spirit, and they shall prophesy. 19 And I will show wonders in the heavens above and signs on the earth below, blood, and fire, and vapor of smoke; 20 the sun shall be turned to darkness and the moon to blood, before the day of the Lord comes, the great and magnificent day. 21 And it shall come to pass that everyone who calls upon the name of the Lord shall be saved .’ ***NOTE : Peter quotes Joel 2:28-32 as being fulfilled in Acts 2.   This is